Launch Pad

Dell XPS 15z Official In India, Starts Rs 69,900

June 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

Lately, Dell has been on the offensive and been launching some cool laptops to heat up the Indian markets. They have just made the Dell XPS 15z official in India. The 15z has been in the news in the global…

Android

Adobe Issues Warning About Security Hole In Flash 10.3

June 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

All you Flash users out there, beware! Adobe has issued a warning to everyone using it about a security hole in Flash 10.3. The bug could result in malware infected sites to take control of your Android handset, Windows and…

First look

The Z110: New USB Powered Speakers by Logitech

June 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

  Logitech is world renowned for its devices and accessories. And off late their speakers have been creating a buzz in the Indian markets as well. We all have experienced the shortages of power outlets, sometimes even after using those multiple outlet…

Android

Samsung Surveys The US: Calls Americans Tablet Crazy

June 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

With the Samsung Galaxy Tab readying to be launched in the US tomorrow, Samsung sure is out to create some buzz about the tablets scenario in the country. As a part of it, the company has posted results of an…

India

Buffalo launches the AirStation High Power N150 Wireless Router in India

June 7, 2011 0 Krishnan

Have a dead zone in a corner of your office where you simply can’t get access to the Internet (Wi-Fi); your search might as-well end here. Buffalo (not the animal, obviously..!) recently made available The AirStation High Power N150 Wireless…

Android

HTC Sensation Does An iPhone: Has the Death Grip Issue?

June 7, 2011 1 Rahul S

Now, this is really interesting. HTC’s recently launched flagship handset the Sensation seems to be facing an issue that is similar to what the iPhone 4 faced last year just after it was launched. When you hold the Sensation in…

Entertainment

Sony Reveals: 70 Million PSP Handhelds Sold So Far!

June 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

June 6 2011 will be remembered for being the day that witnessed two major tech events and announcements. On one end was Apple’s WWDC which garnered most of the attention. On the other hand was Sony’s E3 conference which was…

Entertainment

Sony unveils PlayStation Vita And More at E3

June 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Though Play Station has taken an image hit with the recent hack attacks. The fact is that, it still remains one of the major player in the gaming segment with a huge fan following. And Sony Play Station was at…

Apple

Apple’s Lion / iCloud / iOS 5: Our Top Picks

June 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple announced plenty yesterday with the upcoming iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud yesterday. Given the fact that it was a pure software event, no new hardware was announced, but a major release of Mac OS, iOS and…

Apple

Apple’s BBM Killer: iMessage

June 7, 2011 0 Annkur

Amongst the ton of updates that Apple announced yesterday, one interesting communications update on iOS5 was iMessage. The closest we can relate an iMessage to is the Blackberry Messenger. BBM as it is popularly known, RIM has a ton of…

Apple

Milestones From WWDC 2011, Apple Lists Achievements

June 6, 2011 0 Annkur

In regular fashion, presenters listed Apples achievements over the past few months and the year that passes since WWDC 2010. Given the charisma of the Apple CEO and the iPhone following, WWDC keynote is one of the most highly anticipated…

Lenovo

Lenovo Launches The ThinkPad X1 in India

June 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

Lenovo has just launched its flagship ThinkPad product, the X1 in India. The thinnest ThinkPad ever,the product builds upon the legacy of the ThinkPad range and incorporates a host of new features in a slim form factor. Of course, it…

India

MAXX Unveils Hexa (MX155), Rave (MX182) & Buzz (MX188) with Great Battery Life

June 6, 2011 0 Krishnan

MAXX earlier came out with a dedicated gaming phone in GLO MX388. Now, they have launched three new mobile phones with greater battery life at an absolute bargain. The handsets have been named by MAXX as Hexa (MX155), MAXX Rave…

India

Marathi Channels Now Free on Tata Sky Across Maharashtra

June 6, 2011 0 Krishnan

The DTH Industry in India is growing rapidly and we had earlier covered about Airtel HD TV service and about our experience with Tata Sky + HD. As the fight for the best DTH service goes on, Tata Sky has…

Featured

Buying A Second Hand Phone? Things To Know, Caution Note!

June 6, 2011 1 Annkur

There are over billions of cellular connections across the globe and that results in a billion+ handsets in use. And a cellphone is no car, a lot of us want to buy the latest out there and the rate at…

Android

And They Continue, Motorola Xoom Over-clocked @ 1.7GHz

June 6, 2011 0 Annkur

A couple of weeks back we had seen the rooted Motorola Xoom being over-clocked to 1.6GHz and as the news flows in today, its 1.7GHz now. While I try to figure why you would want to give so much emphasis…

Internet

Microsoft To Launch Office 365 in June: Steve Ballmer

June 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Microsoft’s could based service Office 365 was earlier thought to be coming “later this year” if we were to believe the higher ups at Microsoft. What we all however didn’t know was when actually the launch would take place. However,…

Entertainment

Sony Targeted Again; Hackers Pilfer Data From 1 Million Sony Pictures User Accounts

June 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just when you that you had seen it all and Sony has suffered enough from the hands of hackers, here comes once more such attack. While on previous occasions, the target was the PlayStation Network which was attacked multiple times…

Opinion

“Living With the Internet – What is Driving Web Behaviour”

June 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

72% time spent online by Indians is planned, not spontaneous says the “Living With the Internet – What is Driving Web Behaviour” study. It is a joint study conducted by Microsoft Advertising, MEC and Mindshare to understand net usage trends…

Launch Pad

Dell Launches Inspiron R Line With Interchangeable Lids

June 4, 2011 0 Annkur

We recently saw the the sleek and sexy DELL XPS 15z. Well it seems like Dell isn’t done just yet and its constantly upping the ante by taking the style quotient of its new Inspiron R series to the next level as…

India

3G Micro SIM by TATA DOCOMO

June 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well with the iPhone officially making its way to India along with the Samsung Galaxy SII for company; the smartphone market is spiraling its way upwards. Not only the competition in the smart phone market will be getting intense but the 3G…

Featured

Race For The 3rd Spot, HP’s WebOS vs Windows Phone

June 3, 2011 1 Annkur

If you watched Stephen Elop (Nokia) and Apotheker (HP) at the D9 conference, you can clearly see that these are the two companies who are fighting for the no 3 spot in mobile platforms. iOS / Android are fighting for the number…

Tech Industry News

Texas Instruments Announces Windows 8 Compatible 1.8 GHz Multi-Core Processor

June 3, 2011 0 Ricky

Just a few days back we had heard that Qualcomm will be bringing out ARM processors which will be compatible with Windows 8 and now its Texas Instrument’s turn to announce the same. TI has announced that it will be…

Android

‘Thrive’ Toshiba’s Honeycomb Tablet Finally Arrives

June 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

After being delayed in the UK market for some time, Toshiba has finally confirmed yesterday that the tablet is named ‘The Thrive’ and will be available for pre-ordering from the next week. The Thrive is being made available at an…

Accessories

Kingston Wi-Drive – Wireless / External Storage For iOS Devices

June 2, 2011 0 Annkur

Kingston has just pushed out its unique external storage solution Wi-Drive  and its coming to India. Currently supporting Apple handhelds running on iOS, this external storage solution lets you expand the capacity of your iOS device and lets you wireless…

Featured

Windows 8 Demoed At D9, Impressive, Far From Flawed

June 2, 2011 2 Annkur

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green gave an early preview of Windows 8 at the D9 conference. Win 8 was labeled by Ballmer as their riskiest bet in Oct 2010. While I had played down the ‘riskiest’ remark last year, it…

Android

Leaked: Motorola Xoom2, Slimline and Zaha Pics Show Up

June 2, 2011 0 Ricky

When we were busy covering Computex and all the beautiful devices revealed, Motorola  was working on its redesigned website and PocketNow managed to get a glimpse of it, which also showed pictures of multiple new devices. They managed to get…

BlackBerry

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook 2 to Flaunt 10-inch Display

June 1, 2011 0 c0rex

RIM has taken all the heat for using the PlayBook tablet only on papers for months and then finally showing its true potential.  With plenty of Tablet options available all around, RIM is going to create options for its followers…

Apple

[Apple] Rumors & Official Confirmations Before WWDC, Hints From Schmidt

June 1, 2011 0 Tassavur

To begin with Apple has confirmed a few things for WWDC in a press release which includes iCloud service, iOS 5 and Mac OS Lion update along with Jobs delivering the keynote on 6th June. But with Steve Jobs you…

Featured

Quick Hands-on With The DELL XPS 15z @ GizmoMeet

May 31, 2011 7 Tassavur

The DELL XPS 15z got its first official outing at our GizmoMeet last week and we had our chance to play with it. Earlier leaked as Adamo’s successor, the 15z went official recently and its launching in India this week. The…

netbook

MeeGo Comes Back To Life With ASUS EEE Pc X101

May 31, 2011 1 Ricky

When we were about to close the chapter on MeeGo, yes the Linux based Operating System earlier found to be running on tablets and phones, ASUS comes out with EEE PC X101 which is a netbook and has both windows…

Android

Asus Padfone Shows The Future Of Android Tablets

May 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Asus has shown a tablet concept at Computex that we always hoped for. A tablet shell that accommodates your smartphone. The Padfone from Asus does just this! Given that we have so many devices these days, it makes sense to use a…

Future WIP

Super Cool ‘EHD Pump’ by NASA Cools Devices in Space

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all know how soon the electronic devices heat up and the subsequent effects or damage the heat can cause to those devices. This is why we have cooling fans in our devices which cool them up using air, but imagine…

events

Thank You Delhi, You Rocked @ GizmoMeet #4

May 31, 2011 2 Tassavur

GizmoMeet #4 Delhi was our fourth and the second Delhi edition on the eve of OnlyGizmo’s fourth anniversary. And the Delhites gift by making the GizmoMeet #4 the biggest edition till date. While over 80 people attended the meet, what…

India

Tata Docomo: Kiss & Win Eureka

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

How often do we find ourselves waiting on hold for the customer care services executive to assist us or struggling with their IVR menu to find the right option to help solve our query or problem? And we often end…

Android

Gingerbread Update For Samsung Galaxy S Starts Rolling Out In India

May 31, 2011 0 Ricky

Samsung started rolling out the Gingerbread update long back in Europe but, the update was stopped and removed by Google for some reason. Now just a few weeks back the official Gingerbread again showed up in Kies. Now all the…

Apple

Apple Announces Macbook Bottom Case Replacement Program

May 31, 2011 0 Monis

Apple has announced a bottom case replacement program for white unibody Macbook owners. This will replace the rubber surface of the unibody Macbook that has separated from their bottom case. According to Apple, under certain circumstances, the rubber surface of…

Concept / Educative

The Foldable Origami Concept Phone!

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

With so much innovation happening in the smartphone and the tablet market, sometimes I wondered if this is the end of the road for the landlines or can they be revived as well with any innovation.  

Android

Android 3.1 Update Leaked For ASUS EEE Pad Transformer

May 31, 2011 0 Ricky

We had heard news that ASUS EEE Pad Transformer and the Acer Iconia Tab A500 would get the 3.1 update somewhere in mid June, but the 3.1 update for the EEE pad has already been leaked and now in flashable…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Battery Recalls From HP Continues

May 31, 2011 0 Tassavur

HP had been facing problems with their Lithium-ion Laptop batteries produced in China and had to arrange for massive recalls in 2009 and 2010 due to the problems of overheating and the subsequent risks of the laptop catching fire.